diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
index 798277227de7..cec1ee2d2f74 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/acpi-cpufreq.c
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ static ssize_t show_freqdomain_cpus(struct cpufreq_policy *policy, char *buf)
 {
 	struct acpi_cpufreq_data *data = policy->driver_data;
 
+	if (unlikely(!data))
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	return cpufreq_show_cpus(data->freqdomain_cpus, buf);
 }